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Psilocybe limophila Pk. 



MUD-LOVING PSILOCYBE 

 N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 30, p.42 



Pileus thin, convex becoming nearly plane, fragile, atomaceous, 

 radiately rugulose, whitish, often splitting on the margin, sometimes 

 areolately cracking; lamellae rather broad, subdistant, whitish be- 

 coming purplish brown ; stem equal, striate and slightly mealy at the 

 top, hollow, short, white; spores 10-12 x 5-6 fi. 



Pileus 1.4-2.5 cm broad; stem 2-2.5 cm long, 1.5-2 mm thick. 



Muddy alluvial soil under willows. Albany co. September. Rare. 



Similar to Hypholoma incertum Pk. in color, but it 

 differs in the absence of a veil and of the hygrophanous character 

 of the pileus, the more distant lamellae and the larger spores. 



Psilocybe dichroa (Pers.) Karst. 



TWO-COLORED PSILOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p. 1045 



Pileus thin, fleshy, conic or campanulate becoming convex, subum- 

 bonate, glabrous, subviscid, subshining, striatulate on the margin, 

 brown or bay brown, subalutaceous in dry Aveather ; lamellae broad, 

 subclose, adnexed, ventricose, pallid, then purplish brown, whitish 

 on the edge ; stem equal or slightly thickened downward, hollow, 

 silk}', pallid becoming brownish; spores 10 x 5 /x. 



Pileus 2.5-3.5 cm broad; stem 5-7 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Marshes and wet places. Albany co. October. Rare. Found 

 but once. 



Psilocybe elongatipes Pk. 



LONG STEM PSILOCYBE 

 N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 29, p.40 



Pileus thin, convex becoming nearly plane, glabrous, moist, 

 yellow; lamellae broad, subdistant, ventricose, yellowish becoming 

 brown, usually whitish on the edge ; stem elongated, fragile, flexu- 

 ous, stuffed or hollow, slightly silky fibrillose, pallid or reddish; 

 spores ellipsoid, 10-12 x 6-8 fi. 



Pileus 1.2-2.5 cm broad; stem 7-12 cm long, 1.5-2 mm thick. 



Gregarious. Among sphagnum in marshes and wet places. Lewis 

 CO. September. Rare. 



